1.Consider the following entry game. Here‚ firm B is an existing firm in the market‚ and firm A is a potential entrant. Firm A must decide whether to enter the market (play "enter") or stay out of the market (play "not enter"). If firm A decides to enter the market‚ firm B must decide whether to engage in a price war (play "hard")‚ or not (play "soft"). By playing "hard"‚ firm B ensures that firm A makes a loss of $1 million‚ but firm B only makes $1 million in profits. On the other hand‚ if
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PROBLEM SET # 3 JUDO ECONOMICS The Problem is premised on the following phased structure; | Decision Maker | Decisions To Be Made | Stage 1 | Entrant | Whether to enter or opt out | Stage 2 | Entrant | Set up the price(Pe) and the number of target customers(T) | Stage 3 | Incumbent | Whether to fight or accommodate; 1) Price war 2) Set up the price for remaining customers (100-T) | Stage 4 | Buyer | Consumers buy from whoever offers them the highest surplus. There is no cost to capacity
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Economics 515 Midterm 1 1. Economic growth vs. economic development‚ define extensive growth & intensive growth Economic growth is the sustained increase in the output of goods/services of a society. Economic development is economic growth plus changes in technical and institutional arrangements by with output are produced. Extensive growth- increase in output due to increase in inputs (labor force grows‚ land stock increases) Intensive growth- increase in output per unit of input –
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designate the two major economic spheres in the world economy: a wealthy North made up of Economically Developed Countries‚ (EDCs)‚ and a less wealthy South composed of Less Developed Countries (LDCs). The two geographical designations result from the fact that most EDCs lie to the north i.e. North America and Europe‚ while most LDCs are further to the south‚ in Africa‚ Asia‚ and central and South America. The North/South divide is not absolute in a geographical sense. The economic factor is the most
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GEOG 4077 – Mid-term Review >Economics is disembodied from regions & cities and Economic Geography is here to fill that space. >German Geography is very field oriented. >Human Geography * Friedrich Ratzel: “Anthropogeographica” (1882) A branch of anthropology dealing with the geographical distribution of humankind and the relationship between human beings and their environment. Cultural Historical economic paradigm to work with. He first coined the term‚ lebensraum (which
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avenues for growth: it can diversify horizontally or laterally into new product lines‚ or vertically into new activities‚ including the production of knowledge; it can acquire existing enterprises; or it can exploit foreign markets. When it makes good economic sense to choose the last route (which may also embrace one or more of the
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ECONOMICS conimists- 16th and 17th centuries. hysiocrats (farmers) ercantalists (traders) Father of Economics/ Father of the classical school of economic thought- Adam Smith (In 1776‚ he wrote ’An enquiry into the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations’) According to Smith‚ self interest was an invisible hand which would work for the common benefit of the community. The Great Depression of 1929 was a phase in which supply exceeded demand. John Maynard Keynes (a British economist)
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY CHAPTER 2: COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Page 65 – 73) Created By: PATRICIA M. A. ADAM 1006805694 International Undergraduate Program Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia Depok 2013 Larger Rural Populations but Rapid Rural-to-Urban Migration One of the hallmarks of economic development is a shift from agriculture to manufacturing and services. Although modernizing in many regions‚ rural areas are poorer and tend to suffer from missing markets
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ECM002 Business Economics Instructions: Please answer four out of the following six following questions: Question 1. Suppose Cola- Sol and Miniranda are the only two companies producing a particular type of cola drink in the soft drink industry. Both companies are considering launching a new drink with a light lemon twist. They can launch their products either at a low price or at a high price. The expected net payoffs are the following: If both companies choose a high price strategy‚ Cola-
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There are three driving forces of globalization. Improvements in technology‚ improvements in transportation and investments by transnational corporations (TNCs) Firstly‚ Improvements in technology has made communications among people in different locations faster and more convenient. People across the globe can communicate with tools such as telephone‚ electronic mail‚ fax and video conferencing. Satellite technology has enabled messages to be transmitted from one location and received in another
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